Word: rout
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...explain. Life in my home town of Manchester, England, is a simple affair. The conversational staples are weather forecasts and family suffering ("Oh, you know our Terry. His leg's dropping off. It's great pity"), while the libido can only be coaxed into action after a drunken rout. As recession engulfs the city, the poor inhabitants will be so busy watching TV and eating white bread and fat all day, they may even forget they have bodies...
...FATAL RETREAT: It was shortly after 5:30 on the fateful afternoon of April 29 when a still containable riot turned into a rout. Roughly 25 police officers were trying to restrain an angry crowd at an intersection in South Central L.A.; an attempt to make arrests prompted shouts, rock throwing and pushing and shoving between the police and the mob. An amateur videotape taken at the scene recorded a voice shouting over the police loudspeaker, "I want everybody out of here. Florence and Normandie. Everybody. Get out. Now." As the outnumbered police drove off, the rioting roared...
...hands full," said Crimson goalie Chris Miller. "They had the ball in our end for most of the game," Miller continued. Miller's solid play in net prevented a rout. Facing the brunt of Brown's 39 shots, Miller came up with 20 saves...
Nitardy also lauded the efforts of senior Tri-Captains Liz Brummond and Bridget Lyons. Brummond had 12 goals on the weekend, including five in the UMass rout, and eight assists. Lyons netted seven goals over and a team-high nine assists...
During their 87-50 rout of the Crimson, the Princeton Sports Information personnel were more concerned with North Carolina State's upset of then fourth-ranked North Carolina. (Princeton defeated the Wolfpack earlier this season, 50-49, in overtime...